Tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET, the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues skate against each other in Game 5 of their Western Conference Round 1 best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series.
It's a pivotal swing game as Minnesota looks to steal one on the road and come back home with a chance to clinch while St. Louis is hoping to win a huge one on home ice to take control of the series.
Each team has won a road game and a home contest in this series as the Wild won Games 1 and 3 and the Blues took Games 2 and 4.
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Down 2-1 in the series, the Blues entered Game 4 with something to prove and absolutely decimated the Wild at Xcel Energy Center.
Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals, his fourth and fifth of the series, in Game 4 while Ryan Reaves, David Backes and Paul Stastny each lit the lamp for the first time this series and Patrik Berglund found the twine for his second tally of the postseason.
Jared Spurgeon was the lone goal-scorer for Minnesota, notching his first of the playoffs.
After being shutout in Game 3 and then responding in Game 4, St. Louis is hopeful to follow Wednesday's blueprint.
"Prepare and do the same things again," St. Louis left wing Alex Steen said Thursday per NHL.com. "I think the biggest change was in our checking, felt like we took away their time and space and made it really difficult for them to get in and generate anything."
The Wild, meanwhile, aren't rattled after the blowout in Game 4.
"We've got such good group, a deep group and a good mix of veterans and young guys that have all been through it," Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk, who was pulled Wednesday told NHL.com. "You can just feel it in the room. There's zero panic in our group and we know what we've got to change and we'll be ready to do it."
Dubnyk has yielded 11 goals on 81 shots in between the pipes in this series.
The Blues counter with rookie Jake Allen, who has turned aside 87 of the 93 shots he's faced this series.
Allen will look to thwart off a Minnesota group that has been led by a top line of Jason Pominville (2-2--4), Zach Parise (1-3--4) and Mikael Granlund (1-3--4).
Tarasenko has paced St. Louis with five goals while defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk has a team-best seven points -- all on assists.
It's a huge Game 5 when the lights come up on the Scottrade Center in St. Louis tonight as the Wild and Blues face-off with their series tied 2-2.
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